Majors Only.  Application of quality of care and patient safety standards, performance measures, improvement methods and tools, and culture of safety principles within a healthcare organization/system.

Majors Only. Comprehensive investigation and analysis of health care issues and policy, organizational and leadership theory and skills which are imperative in today's health care environment.

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter grades. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Development of theoretical and practical knowledge to support successful transition from a clinical expert role to that of a clinical instructor / preceptor.

Majors Only.  Introduction to interdisciplinary theoretical foundations for advanced nursing practice.  Emphasis on the development, application, and critique of theories from nursing, social science, business and health care.

Majors only.  Development of knowledge and skills for reviewing and ethically generating evidence as a basis for evidence-based clinical practice, nursing research, and quality improvement.

Majors Only. This course examines the historical and conceptual basis of public health, key issues, advancements and the core functions of the public health system to advance the public's health.

(2 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five hours applied practicum arranged. Emphasis in health history taking, physical assessment and interviewing of individuals across the life span.

Examine clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapeutics. Focus on selected drug groups and their safe and appropriate utilization in primary care practice.

Focus on pathophysiology, symptomology and etiology of commonly encountered acute and chronic clinical entities of children and adults.

Consent of Instructor. This course is a survey of theories and research methods used in transcultural health care and other disciplines.

Graduate Nursing majors only. Introduction to the measurement, interpretation and presentation of healthcare outcomes with focus on quality, effectiveness, and organizational performance. Integrates the application and integration of statistical tools to identify relevant outcomes.

Majors only. Principles of epidemiology and understanding of biostatistics will be applied to population management of disease and intervention strategies.

Majors only.  Development and practice of CNL roles for management and improvement of clinical outcomes for individuals, families and populations within the care delivery system.  45 practicum hours required.

Graduate Nursing majors only. Introduction to the management and improvement of clinical outcomes for individuals, families and populations within the care delivery system.

Graduate students only. Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Majors Only. Prepares the APN student to plan and implement health promotion and disease prevention strategies to assist in maintaining and improving the health of patients, families and communities.

Majors only.  Development and practice of CNL roles for management and improvement of care environment for individuals, families and populations within the care delivery system.  45 practicum hours required.

Graduate Nursing majors only. Introduction to the management and improvement of the care environment for individuals, families and populations within the care delivery system.

Majors only. Use and application of computerized systems to clinical decision strategies for advanced practice nurses in the areas of quality management.

Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Development of knowledge about teaching students, staff and clients in academic and practice settings.

(3 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five practicum hours. Majors only. Prerequisites: All CNL program courses except final practicum. Development and practice of CNL leadership roles for management and improvement of client outcomes at the point of care and across the healthcare system.

(3 Lecture) Majors only. Emphasis is on the systematic evaluation and use of current best evidence to make decisions about clinical practice and health care systems.

(2 lecture, 6 practicum) Ninety Hours Practicum Majors only. Application of theoretical and research based developmental approaches to primary health care of families with particular emphasis on care of obstetrical patients and families through childhood/adolescence.

(2 lecture, 6 practicum) Ninety hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Application of theoretical and research based developmental approaches to primary health care of families with particular emphasis on women's health and adult episodic care.

Graduate Nursing majors only. Introduction and overview of the integrative concepts of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment within the context of individual, family, and populations.

(2 lecture, 6 practicum) Ninety hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Application of theoretical and research based developmental approaches to primary health care of families with particular emphasis on chronically ill and older adults and psychosocial adjustment disorders.

Majors Only. Develops the foundation for advanced nursing practice including management of adults with acute and chronic health problems through the lifespan focusing on cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal and neurological systems.

Prerequisite: NURS 651. Majors Only. Develops the foundation for advanced nursing practice including management of adults with acute and chronic health problems through the lifespan including genitourinary, endocrine, musculoskeletal, hematological, immunological, an integumentary systems.

Prerequisite: NURS 652. Majors Only. Prepares students to assess, diagnose, and manage adult patients with complex-acute and complex-critical health care alterations. Diagnostic test interpretation, including EKG and radiologic evaluation, is integrated to enhance clinical decision-making.

Majors only. A genomics focus on concepts of prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness for individuals and aggregates within cultural and ethical care contexts.

Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Focus on development of education programs in health care settings and academic nursing. Includes evaluation of teaching and learning.

(3 Lecture) Majors Only. Examines perspectives of population based health care across the life span from a community and global perspective.

Prerequisite: Permission of course faculty. This seminar course explores advanced topics in nursing. Special topics will be listed by the instructor. Repeatable, under different subtitles.

(2 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Comprehensive economic investigation of health planning, organization, personnel, payment systems and care cost effectiveness in health care delivery systems.

Majors only. Final clinical experience provides students an opportunity to practice advanced roles intervention in underserved and/or rural areas. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits for a total of 405 practicum hours.

(3-21 Practicum) Three Hundred and Fifteen total required contact hours. Majors only. Final clinical experience provides students the opportunity to practice Clinical Nurse Leader roles. If divided, must be taken in consecutive semesters. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of seven hours.

(9 Practicum) Prerequisite: NURS 651. Majors Only. Clinical experience focusing on assessment, diagnosis, and management of illness/injury states in adult healthcare settings integrating evidence-based practice to improve quality of care and health outcomes.

(6 Practicum) Prerequisite: NURS 652 and NURS 682. Majors Only. Clinical experience focusing on management of patients through transitions of care with an emphasis on under served, rural, vulnerable and elder populations.

(1 Lab, 1 Clinical) Prerequisite: NURS 652 and NURS 682. Majors Only. Critical skills intensive focusing on advanced practice skills for the acute care environment including: airway management, chest tube insertion, central line insertion and management, ultrasound, lumbar puncture, and suturing.

Applied practicum arranged (45 hours = 1 credit). Majors only. Practicum in hospital, community, and primary care settings focusing on clinical prevention and population based health care. S/U graded. Repeatable, no limitations.

(9 Practicum) Prerequisite: NURS 653, NURS 683 and NURS 684. Majors Only. Clinical experience designed to enhance clinical decision making in the management of unstable chronic, complex acute, and critical conditions in adults across the lifespan.

(2 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Analyzes the structure and organization of health care delivery systems including population-based, acute and ambulatory health care. The roles of the DNP in organizational and systems policy are addressed.

Majors only. Advanced practice role development in health maintenance and illness management is examined from several perspectives.

(12 Practicum) Prerequisite: NURS 653 and NURS 686. Majors Only. Culminating synthesis practicum emphasizing the role of the AGACNP in an inter-professional environment selected with the student’s clinical expertise and career goals in mind.

Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Focuses on developing knowledge about faculty, leader and administrator roles in academic nursing education.

Terminal program course. All other courses should be taken before or concurrently. Guided research project that demonstrates evidence of original thought as well as advanced knowledge of the research process. S/U graded. Repeatable, no limitations.

Majors only or consent of instructor. The focus of this course is nursing knowledge development and the underpinnings of nursing science, practice and education.

Majors only or consent of instructor. Examines contextual contributors to development of vulnerable populations and public response. Implications for nursing research and practice are explored.

(3 Lecture) Majors only. This course provides a history of philosophical and scientific thinking and its impact on the discipline of nursing, knowledge development in nursing and nursing science.

Majors only or consent of instructor. Integrates theory and empirical research about leadership and health policy. Participates in the policy development process.

Majors only. Emphasis on data collection needs assessment, instrument analysis and evaluation in nursing education.

(3 Lecture) Majors only. This course explores theoretical elements and their impact on nursing knowledge development and the translation of nursing research to pedagogy and practice.

Majors Only. Introduction to doctoral level in-depth study of the integrated principles of design, methods and analysis in the conduct of quantitative health care research.

Majors Only. Prerequisite: NURS 723 or equivalent course. Provides in-depth study of the integrated principles of design, methods and analysis in the conduct of quantitative health care research.

Majors only. This course is designed to prepare the learner for scholarship in nursing education, publication, presentation and grant writing activities.

Majors only or consent of instructor. Discussion and guided experiences in teaching of nursing, including planning, developing, implementing and evaluating classroom and clinical instruction.

Majors Only. Builds knowledge and skill with instructional planning, development, delivery, and evaluation in classroom and clinical settings. Focus on existing and developing evidence for teaching strategies.

Majors only. Examines issues and processes related to curriculum design and implementation in nursing education. Models and processes of program evaluation are included.

Prerequisite: Licensed RN and accepted into doctoral program. Involves comprehensive investigation of the academic nursing role in higher education relative to administration, student issues, program requirements and faculty expectations

Majors Only. Exploring the nature of doctoral research in nursing and nursing scholarship. Examination of phenomena of interest for dissertation proposals begins.

Majors only. The Capstone project reflects synthesis and application of evidence-based practice in advanced nursing practice and health care. The course facilitates the development of the Capstone and launches the project.

(3-12 Practicum) For a total of One hundred and eighty contact hours. Majors Only. The Capstone project reflects synthesis and application of evidence-based practice in advanced nursing practice and health care. The Capstone project must be approved by and defended to the capstone committee. Repeatable, maximum of 4 credits.

Majors only. All doctoral students must earn four hours as partial fulfillment of requirements for the doctorate. Explores dissertation research problems, theoretical framework, methodology and data analysis methods to launch dissertation research. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of 4 credits.

Majors only. All doctoral students must earn 12 hours as partial fulfillment of requirements for the doctorate. Dissertation must be approved by and defended to the dissertation committee. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of 12 credits.

To permit a graduate student to continue making progress in a degree program. S/U graded. Repeatable, no limitations.